Moses: Running

Heart pounding loudly within his chest and desperation in every step as he fled, Moses left Egypt.  It was the only land he had known, and yet, he seemed to be a foreigner within his own borders.  Not a Hebrew slave.... not an Egyptian prince... now, he was a murderer who was condemned by his own "grandfather".  He ran from his confused past and absolute guilt into the Arabian Desert.

Let us pick up where we left off.  "And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses.  But, Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.  When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well." Exodus 2:15 NLT

There seems to be so much in the three words "But Moses fled."  Moses fled in desperation and in fear of his life.  In reality, he had taken the life of another and had lost his in the process.  Truth is, I think he never really knew where he fit in his Egyptian world.  Hebrew by birth, but Egyptian by adoption.  Slave by birth, prince by appointment and despised always by the Pharaoh and his own Hebrew people.  He ran to save his skin, but there is nothing like desperation, loneliness and incredible need to get our attention, huh? I can only imagine what thoughts flooded his head as he made that long journey alone, in fear, in need.

He isn't the only person who has fled problems, guilt, heartache and hurts, is he?  How many times have we "fled" a situation or person because it just became to hard?  In almost every case, we end up in a similar spiritual desert where desperation, loneliness and incredible need abound.  The great hope here is that God loves meeting us in the desert and He always uses that time to help us see our true state and open our eyes to the needs only He can meet.  Desert times are needed to help us cling to the One who brings renewal.  He will do the same for Moses.... just wait and see!

I think the greatest need Moses had was to feel wanted, needed and of value to someone.... anyone.  Does that strike a chord within you?  We all long to feel wanted and chosen by another.  We all want to feel that we are needed for a special purpose or task.  We all want to feel valued and cherished by others in our world.  Often we seek to get that through others and our world, but all those needs are really meant to be filled by our heavenly Father, through our Savior Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit within us.  You were so incredibly loved by the Father that He sent His only Son to die on the cross so that you could have a fulfilled life with Him.  It was the Son's incredible love of you that held Him on the cross.  The Holy Spirit is proof that we are loved by our Father and Savior as it is a daily help for us in the difficult journey we walk.  We have so much value- not in and of ourselves- but in His love of us!

Moses stops a well.  He is going to find a new life by that well, and so can we.  Run to the wellspring of life through our Savior and Redeemer- Jesus Christ!  He will bubble life anew within you and hope will flow from your healed heart and mind.  Run to the well, my friend, and find healing....

Tomorrow, Moses will find healing while sitting at the well.  See you then!